Maze
Here you’ll find all the information you need about the Rescue Maze category!
In the Rescue Maze category, an autonomous robot has to explore a complex maze that simulates a disaster environment. The robot searches for victims, which are simulated by colors and letters on the walls. Additional obstacles, ramps, stairs, and rough terrain need to be navigated.
Regelwerke
Das Regelwerk der Kategorien Rescue Maze und Rescue Maze Entry beschreibt die Anforderungen und Bewertungskriterien für die Navigation durch ein Labyrinth. Es legt fest, wie autonome Roboter ihre Umgebung erkunden, Hindernisse bewältigen und Opfer erkennen müssen. So werden einheitliche und faire Wettbewerbsbedingungen geschaffen.
FAQ Rescue Maze
A rescue kit is considered to have been successfully dropped if it touches the ground within 15cm of a victim. Should the rescue kit subsequently be pushed away from the victim, it will not affect any points already awarded.
Rule 1.5.6 states that the letters must be printed using a sans serif typeface. The letters may be in bold or not; you should be able to recognise both. “1.5.6 Visual victims are uppercase letters printed on or attached to the wall. They are printed in black, using a sans serif typeface such as “Arial”. Their height will be 4 cm. The letters represent the health status of the victim"
Print template Letters
No. The maximum gradient of 25° applies only to the ramp. Speed bumps can be located anywhere, including on the ramp, and do not alter the ramp’s gradient. If you look at it that way, a speed bump fixed to a flat surface would also have an extremely steep gradient, well in excess of 25°, if, for example, the speed bump were rectangular.
Section 1.4 of the rules (“Debris”) does not specify a colour, which means that debris can generally be any colour, including black. However, we would certainly not cover a tile entirely with dark debris, so that it can no longer be distinguished from a black tile.
Rule 4.6.13 of the Maze Rules does not apply; no negative points will be awarded.
